With Mass Comm Week coming to an end, students gathered for the last event of the week to hear advertising graduates share their experiences in the work force. Recent Texas State University advertising graduates Divya Darsi, Matt Shoewalter and Olivia Williams each shared their journeys in landing a job after college and working as professionals.Read More
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Employers share what they seek in potential employees
With resumes in hand, students filed into the LBJ Ballroom where several companies set up booths filled with flyers and goodies in hopes of finding their newest intern or full-time employee. Every year during Mass Comm Week, Career Services hosts the Mass Communication Career Fair. People from a variety of businesses and companies set upRead More
Virtual reality workshop prepares students for first full-course class in spring semester
By Katie Burrell Mass communication students at Texas State signed up for one of two virtual reality workshops held during Mass Comm Week days before the university’s first full-credit virtual reality course will be offered. Texas State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication has offered a virtual reality course in the past, but it didRead More
Texas State alumni sit down with Dale Blasingame to talk about careers in web development
By Janessa Rutiaga — jmr297@txstate.edu Texas State University alumni sat down with professor Dale Blasingame during this year’s Mass Comm Week discussing their own experience working in the field of web development, and gave advice to current mass communication students. Alumni included Ashley Hebler of FANS 1st Media, Thomas Hodge of Sanders Wingo and KimberlyRead More
97 Degrees West digital media supervisor speaks about being in the advertising industry
By Abigail Plant SAN MARCOS – Texas State University Alum Kim Castelluccio spoke on Tuesday about what being in the advertising industry consists of and what it takes to create a digital media strategy. Castelluccio worked as an assistant media planner for LatinWorks, but changed career paths and currently works at 97 Degrees West inRead More
KXAN reporter shares her experience with multimedia journalism
By Zee Battle SAN MARCOS — On Oct. 17, during Mass Communication Week at Texas State, KXAN reporter Alicia Inns gave students the rundown of what her job is like as a multimedia journalist, also called backpack journalism. Inns has been in the journalism business for about seven years and has had the responsibility ofRead More
Mass Communications professionals give Texas State students insight
By Lionel Reynosa Conversing with hitmen, managing a rock group and economic activism are just a few things you can expect to learn when speaking to someone in the mass communications field. Mass Comm Week has begun, and there are many things to learn from professionals visiting campus this week. Many of these professionals haveRead More
Bureau reporter instructs students on the realities of journalism
Students take notes while Kathryn Gisi shares life as a bureau reporter. Photo by Kelly Newton By Kelly Newton SAN MARCOS, Texas – Kathryn Gisi, a reporter for Spectrum News, spoke to mass communication students Monday night about the realities of life as a bureau reporter. Having graduated Texas State University in 2011,Read More
South Texas to Univision
By Imari Mora ism5@txstate.edu SAN MARCOS- Univision’s Emmy award-winning reporter Gary Cooper shared tips Thursday on making it from South Texas to a major market during the last day of Mass Comm Week. Cooper began his lecture with telling Texas State students as well as Laredo High school journalism students the ugly truth. Looking forwardRead More
Social media management presents challenges at Texas State University
By R. Hans Miller SAN MARCOS, TEXAS – Jon-Stephen Stansel, Texas State University’s social media coordinator spoke Thursday at the university’s Mass Comm Week event about the challenges associated with managing social media for a major educational institution. A room full of Texas State students gathered in Old Main at 8 a.m. to hear aboutRead More